"UNTIL ONE HAS LOVED AN ANIMAL, PART OF THEIR SOUL REMAINS UNAWAKENED"
He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.
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Odd indeed my chum has the orange one and likes it better than the green one that floated downriver!!

That's because orange & red are more easily distinguished by animals that only see in black and white. Greens and blues just fade into the background.

As for the gifts, how about some of those cooling bandanas? They have some form of mineral beads sewn into them. You soak them in water, tie them amound your neck, and presto for about an hour or so (depending on how hot it is) evaporation helps cool you down. Great for dogs in the summer. Or some of those fancy dog treats that look like cup cakes or chocolait bars?

but my guys always end up breaking it by poking the valve with their teeth. but they still play with it.

I got Leo Kong Squeeker balls and the squeeker is just a tiny plug in a hole of the ball, if his canine tooth pokes it their done. Luckily JW pet have well reinforced squeekers so this hasn't happened with our blue elephant cuz, but Leo doesn't like the squeek as much (likes the higher pitched ones, like the cheepo squeekers) go figure....

Jermy's favourite toys are the Pink Elephant and Green frog that are in the photos above. He used to like the green cuz a lot but once we got him the green frog he switched sides and him and his frog became inseperatable. Then, on his last b-day he got a pink elephant from his auntie... now he is inseperable from it he barely plays with the cuz since he got the frog and elephant...

So my vote would be for the frog or elephant!! But the cuz are great too, that was his favourite for over a year